RKC Waalwijk vs Heerenveen Prediction, Betting Tips, Lineups & Odds | 10 May 2025

There’s a Case for Backing Heerenveen to Win

It’s easy to feel confident about the prospect of Heerenveen winning when they meet bottom club RKC, with this pick standing out on the Full-Time Result market. Take the odds of 2.00 that the visitors secure a win.

1-1 Draw in Most Recent H2H

RKC Waalwijk lost away in their last game, making it three consecutive losses. FC Groningen won 6-1 at Euroborg. RKC had the majority of the ball boasting 56% possession and four shots on target, with Godfried Roemeratoe registering the goal.

Heerenveen have lost their previous three road games. Their latest appearance was a 1-0 home win at Abe Lenstra Stadion against NEC Nijmegen. Robin Veldman's side were 52% in the possession stakes and had five shots on goal, with Ion Nicolaescu scoring the winner eight minutes after half-time.

Head-to-Head Statistics

Heerenveen boast an unbeaten record in the past three games against RKC, with the last clash ending 1-1 at Abe Lenstra Stadion. The previous 10 H2H matches have featured six draws, three victories for Heerenveen and just one for RKC.

1 win, 7 losses and 2 draws, averaging 1.0 goals from 11.1 attempts and 3.3 shots on goal. RKC have had 48.4% possession, 414.2 passes and 4.7 corners per match. On average, they have conceded 2.3 goals from 17.1 attempts and 6.1 shots on goal, while their opponents have earned 6.4 corners.

Michiel Kramer, Chris Lokesa and Oskar Zawada are joint-top scorers with 2 goals on the board. Leading assistors have been Mohammed Ihattaren and Yassin Oukili with 2, while goalkeeper Jeroen Houwen has 2 clean sheets.

Heerenveen have won 4, lost 3 and drawn 3, with an average of 1.6 goals from 4.6 shots on goal and 14.1 attempts. There’s been an average of 52.2% possession, 439.2 passes, 5.5 corners awarded and 4.2 corners against, while they’ve conceded 1.5 goals from 4.4 shots on goal and 10.9 attempts.

We’ve seen Ion Nicolaescu, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Ilias Sebaoui, Marcus Linday and Milos Lukovic score 2 goals each. Oliver Braude has had 2 assists in the previous 10 games, while Andries Noppert has one clean sheet to his name.

Confirmed Lineups

RKC Waalwijk confirmed lineup (5-3-2): Mark Spenkelink (GK), Julian Lelieveld, Roshon van Eijma, Liam van Gelderen, Faissal Al Mazyani, Juan Familia-Castillo, Tim van de Loo, Mohammed Ihattaren, Yassin Oukili, Richonell Margaret, Oskar Zawada.

Heerenveen confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Andries Noppert (GK), Oliver Braude, Sam Kersten, Hristiyan Petrov, Mats Koehlert, Marcus Linday, Espen van Ee, Jacob Trenskow, Levi Smans, Ilias Sebaoui, Ion Nicolaescu.

RKC Waalwijk vs Heerenveen Prediction & Betting Tips

We’re pretty bullish when it comes to an Heerenveen victory for this Eredivisie encounter. We will wager the away team at 2.00 and land some nice dividends if they manage to secure a win.

Knowing the players that are injured give us a helping hand when putting together football betting tips. Once we’ve also looked at the form guide, we use the available stats and make predictions.

Key RKC Waalwijk vs Heerenveen league stats:

• Heerenveen have won 3 of their last 5 games.
• Heerenveen have won 2 consecutive games.
• RKC have lost 7 of their last 10 games.
• RKC have lost 3 of their last 5 games.
• RKC have lost their last 3 games.

Heerenveen to Win Probability

According to the latest odds, there’s a 50% likelihood of our pick winning. However, our experts think that the probability is close to 60% taking all factors into consideration. That means we’re regarding it as a value bet.

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Our Match Prediction

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Correct Score Prediction

RKC 0 - 1 Heerenveen

Heerenveen can be backed at 10.50 to triumph by a 1-0 scoreline. It can be fun to have a wager on the correct score and there’s a big potential return if the bet wins.

Player Prop Picks

Corners Prediction

Heerenveen Under 5.5 Corners

Heerenveen have failed to cover the 5.5 corners line in nine consecutive away matches, with RKC Waalwijk conceding under 5.5 corners in their past three games. There’s everything to like about the Heerenveen Team Corners line which looks too big and we’d expect them to go under at 1.83.

League Games

League Games

Last 10 Total For Against

Last 10 at Home Total For Against

Last 10 Away Total For Against

RKC

Total

11.10 4.70 6.40

Home

11.50 5.40 6.10

Away

12.40 5.00 7.40

Heerenveen

Total

9.70 5.50 4.20

Home

10.80 6.90 3.90

Away

8.40 3.70 4.70

Latest Corner Odds

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RKC Waalwijk vs Heerenveen Odds

The odds are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Bookies Make Heerenveen Favourites to Win

The Heerenveen betting odds have been priced up by the bookies and they are 2.04 favourites to land victory in this Eredivisie encounter which means a 49% chance of winning. RKC Waalwijk are regarded as the least likely winner at 3.25.

Over 2.5 Goals is the market leader and that means three or more goals are predicted.

The football betting sites offer a Draw No Bet market for all Eredivisie matches and you can back RKC Waalwijk at 2.35 and Heerenveen at 1.52.

Oskar Zawada Favourite to Score the First Goal

There’s the chance to back Oskar Zawada at 5.80 to be the First Goalscorer, with the favourite on this market available at similar odds to find the net last.

RKC Waalwijk vs Heerenveen Lineups & Team News

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